Kobe Bryant Speaks On Trayvon Martin

"I wonâ€™t react to something just because Iâ€™m supposed to, because Iâ€™m an African-American,â€ he said. â€œThat argument doesnâ€™t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far weâ€™ve progressed as a society? Well, weâ€™ve progressed as a society, then donâ€™t jump to somebodyâ€™s defense just because theyâ€™re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I wonâ€™t assert myself.â€

"I wonâ€™t react to something just because Iâ€™m supposed to, because Iâ€™m an African-American,â€ he said. â€œThat argument doesnâ€™t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far weâ€™ve progressed as a society? Well, weâ€™ve progressed as a society, then donâ€™t jump to somebodyâ€™s defense just because theyâ€™re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I wonâ€™t assert myself.â€

Think about how incredibly rare this is to hear. A completely rational thought that you would assume (if your from another planet) would be held by 99% of black people.
That's disturbing. It's more likely the opposite. Insane.

"I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American,” he said. “That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, we’ve progressed as a society, then don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself.”

White people can come from Africa and become Americans. Here is a legit African-American:

Black people can come from Europe. Do we call them "African Americans" too?

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My sister in law is a high school teacher. She was having a discussion in class about people who actually live on the continent of Africa and she referred to them as "Africans". The black kids in her class tried to correct her, saying she should call them "African Americans" despite the fact that the people she was referring to had never even been to America. No matter how hard she tried, they wouldn't accept that you had to live in America to be an African-American.